Conservative transport spokesman Alex Johnstone welcomed the Earl alternative and attacked the previous Scottish administration for backing the original airport link.
Mr Megrahi may be the beneficiary of flawed reasoning by a naive Scottish administration or of cynical manoeuvring by the British government.
The Cambridge University fellow, who is a member of the Northern Ireland Economic Reform Group, expressed worries that the Scottish administration's handling of the matter could damage Northern Ireland's bid to set its own corporation tax.
Because tax changes are customarily announced in advance and take effect from the start of the tax year in April, a Scottish administration elected in the spring might have to wait a full year before it could implement a manifesto pledge to use its tax power.
The Glasgow giants, 54 times Scottish champions, went into administration last summer and were started up as a new club playing in the Scottish third division.
Mr Fraser complained that the Scottish government's SNP administration was disrespecting local views when overturning decisions against wind farms made at council level.
This matters because one of the main targets of the first Salmond administration was to bring Scottish growth rates up to UK rates.
The fashion brand recently bought a cashmere mill in the Scottish Borders after its owner went into administration.
Now that Mr Dewar has seen off Robin Cook, the foreign secretary, he has no rival for the job of first secretary (ie, Scottish prime minister) of the new administration.
Ms Constance recognised there was still some delay in the adoption process as indicated in the Scottish Children's Reporter's Administration report, Care and Permanence Planning for Looked After Children in Scotland.
Rangers, the well known Scottish football club, has just gone into administration.
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Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray branded the SNP administration an "incompetent shambles" and said ministers had "secretly stopped spending money on a tax power this parliament should have".
In fact, Mr Reid will still have a couple of junior ministers to boss around, even after July 1st when Mr Dewar's administration formally takes charge of domestic Scottish matters.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie suggested the SNP administration could be doing more to boost the economy.
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray earlier accused the SNP administration of cutting 3, 000 teaching posts "in the good times" and leaving young graduates fighting for available jobs.
Last week, Hargreaves Services, a coal-mining and logistics company based in Durham, bought the debt linked to secured assets that belonged to another big Scottish coal producer ATH, which was forced into administration in December.
Dundee also went into administration in 2003 when they were in the Scottish Premier League.
Dundee West MP Jim McGovern said the Scottish government pledge fell short of those made by the devolved administration in Wales, which has committed to cover up to 75% of the wage costs for a company, or 100% for a public body, who opts to take on a former Remploy employee for up to four years.
Rangers went into administration last year and were forced to start up again in the Scottish Third Division.
Zosia Fraser, a leading member of the Polish community in the Highlands, said the Scottish Government should do more to support migrant families who were encouraged to the country by the previous administration.
The Scottish coalition's harmony threatened to break down on June 27th when an independent commission set up by the administration to look at local-council reform recommended reducing the number of councillors and electing them by proportional representation, instead of by first-past-the-post.
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